Well, this one's been cleared up.
Q: Do abilities or card effects that resolve when a ship reveals its command dial resolve when a command dial placed on an upgrade card equipped to that ship is revealed?
A: No. Effects that resolve when a ship reveals its command dial only resolve when a ship reveals a command dial from the stack assigned to its ship card as part of its activation.

Look, don't get me wrong. The 6D was my 'mech of choice for tournament play. It's the command 'mech in my (100+ unit) ComGuards division - I even removed the SRM mount to reflect the variant.
...but it's so good it's boring.

Die hard 3025 fan here - since the 80s.
I just had my old, defunct gaming PC salvaged and upgraded with Lostech in anticipation for the new BT and MW5. Based on my limited experience with the backers' beta last year, this will be the best thing since MechCommander.

Armada Shipyards
...which, by the way, is up for sale. I've been approached by some parties interested in taking it over and continuing the project, and I'm likely to accept. If anyone wants to collaborate (@GiledPallaeon?), let me know and I'll put you all in touch.